Get your hands on a Hino Contessa

[seth]

.....and Jet 1

 

https://group.sciencemuseum.org.uk/careers/

Job details

• Job title
• Curator of Technology & Engineering
• Job reference
• SMG00114
• Date posted
• 05/12/2016
• Application closing date
• 06/01/2017
• Location
• Science Museum - London
• Salary
• £25,000 – circa £30,000 per annum
• Job description

• Do you have experience of working with technology and engineering collections and are you looking for your next career move? Do you have a broad knowledge of the history of technology and engineering with deeper knowledge of aspects of the twentieth-century story? Are you driven by a desire to share your knowledge and experience with the widest range of people?

  We are looking for a Curator of Technology and Engineering to work with our world-leading collections. You will develop and share knowledge of their history across a broad range of twentieth-century subjects such as aeronautics,aerospace, electronics, communications, navigation and motor transport.

  This new role provides an exciting opportunity to join an energetic team working on a wide range of projects interpreting a remarkable collection. You will be based in London with opportunities to travel as part of the Science Museum Group.

  We are offering this opportunity on a permanent, full-time basis. There are excellent benefits, including a company pension scheme, BUPA medical and dental cover, an annual season ticket (or bicycle) loan and numerous staff discounts.

  Interviews w/c 16th January 2017.

  For more information please view the Vacancy Information Pack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[insert 'London is Shit' responses here]

[carlo]

Always thought this was a fabulously strange car to put in an English museum.  Have they taken the cars off its roof?

[Lacquer Peel]

[insert 'London is Shit' responses here]

 

 

Looks like a great opportunity, I'd love to stroke a Contessa.

[320touring]

FPB7!

[hairnet]

thought it was a dolomite at first love the rear panel

[Dirk Diggler]

thought it was a dolomite at first love the rear panel

If a Dolly, a Renault 8 and a Hunter made a triangle, is this the bastard love child?!

[captain_70s]

thought it was a dolomite at first love the rear panel

Same stylist, Michelotti. He penned the Triumph 1300 around the same time as the Contessa and they share many styling traits. He also did the DAF 44 around the same time that, from the side, looks like a Dolomite which has shrunk in the wash.

[Uncle Jimmy]

Michelotti was on his death bed when he penned the Reliant Scimitar SS1.

[Uncle Jimmy]

£30k in that there London? That'd pay your rail fare I guess.

[mercrocker]

Haven't been there for years and years, didn't know there was a Contessa in there (as above God knows why) but it certainly makes me want to go again.   

[dieselnutjob]

I would love a job like that, and I live in London, and I'm probably qualified.  However

 

 

Salary: £25,000-30,000 p.a.

 

 

It would be good if you …

ï‚· Are qualified to doctoral level in a relevant area.

 

 

they are totally taking the piss

[STUNO]

The love child of a Triumph designer and a Renault 10  assembly plant !

[Alexg]

Balls, thought it was going to link a genuine ad' for one. I'd love one.

[chaseracer]

FPB7!

 

My first thought too!

[New POD]

I would love a job like that, and I live in London, and I'm probably qualified.  However

 

 

 

they are totally taking the piss

 

I think the trick is to get them to have a permanent Caravan through the ages exhibition, and stay in a different caravan each night

[MarinaJosh]

I would love a job like that, and I live in London, and I'm probably qualified.  However

 

 

 

they are totally taking the piss

 

Wages in the heritage and museums sector are very low. Saying that the science museums are public sector rather than charities like most heritage organisations so with public funding I would have expected a higher salary...

[scruff]

I wonder if this job includes access to all the Science Museum's real goodies which are tucked away on Wroughton airfield in Wiltshire. 

Personally I think it's a real shame a lot of this public-owned stuff will never be seen by the public, some of it has never* been seen in my dad's lifetime let alone mine and he's 60 this weekend. 

 

*They did used to have open weekends in the 80s and 90s, but from memory some hangers were kept shut.

[seth]

Wages in the heritage and museums sector are very low. Saying that the science museums are public sector rather than charities like most heritage organisations so with public funding I would have expected a higher salary...

 

A few years ago I got down to the final few and was interviewed for a curator job at Greenwich Observatory.  I think the pay on offer was less than this and I'm glad I didn't get the job as it would have been a struggle to decide what to do if they'd offered it to me especially as the commute would've been long.  Would have been a prestigeous thing to do though.  (For part of the interview I had to prepare a short presentation on any favourite museum exhibit - so I chose Parry Thomas' 'Babs' LSR car as we'd seen it on display in Pendine that summer and its got a fascinating story).

 

I suppose there are people who are willing to take less pay than would be ideal to do an interesting job at an interesting place rather than be paid more to be part of the general drudgery.

 

I wonder if this job includes access to all the Science Museum's real goodies which are tucked away on Wroughton airfield in Wiltshire. 

Personally I think it's a real shame a lot of this public-owned stuff will never be seen by the public, some of it has never* been seen in my dad's lifetime let alone mine and he's 60 this weekend. 

 

*They did used to have open weekends in the 80s and 90s, but from memory some hangers were kept shut.

 

I imagine it is still possible to make arrangements to see particular things. Mrs_Seth went to see the experimental fuel cell powered Daf when she was doing her masters.

[PiperCub]

^^ That's the problem with such jobs, you'll find alot of people would love to do them and are probably both qualified to do so and very keen (making them great candidates) but the vexed subject of money comes into it and many of these places view their jobs as prestigous so you should be glad to do them at any price. Unfortunately the boring reality of life, mortgages, bills etc. intrude on this ideal. 

 

£25-30K for London is taking the piss, unless you already live there as otherwise a big chunk of your take-home pay is going to you local friendly train operator. You have no mortgage left, no kids to bankroll (have own places/jobs/lives) & are probably semi-retired with a decent pension or are going to soon. Otherwise sorry, forget it. Shame as sounds like an interesting job.

[scruff]

 

 

£25-30K for London is taking the piss, unless you already live there

 

Or live on a narrow boat... mind you it's a bit crowded there these days.

[PiperCub]

^^ Not surprised given housing costs in London now. Mind you, I'll bet mooring etc costs aren't cheap these days either. 

[MarinaJosh]

Yes you definitely have to be passionate about the job. My previous full time job was as a land surveyor, and I earned fairly decent money doing it but absolutely hated it. I was already working part time in heritage (and had been for a couple of years prior) and I was then fortunate to find a full time job- albeit on a temporary contract, it is very hard getting permanent jobs in heritage. I took a 7k pay cut in doing so despite having more responsibilities plus working weekends and bank holidays but I absolutely love it. It's naturally been a bit more of a struggle making ends meet, and the fact it is not permanent is looming over me but will have to cross that bridge when I come to it.

[AlabamaShrimp]

And you work where?

[Ghosty]

Have they taken the cars off its roof?

 

Nah, still there, the totem of 'world cars' is one of those things that'll never move.

 

Not sure if the motor show Mini is still there though.

[xkjagnz]

There's one for sale in NZ

 

Link to ad

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/other/auction-1278799580.htm

[xkjagnz]

If you can't find the ad here's a snip of it (hopefully!)

[Skizzer]

That's stunning.

 

Are they as thunderously shit as their trucks were supposed to be last time I looked?

 

And I had no idea they were rear-engined.  Wow.

[dollywobbler]

That's stunning.

 

Are they as thunderously shit as their trucks were supposed to be last time I looked?

 

And I had no idea they were rear-engined.  Wow.

 

Basically a Renault with an Italian restyle I think. A very tasty restyle at that. I'd love a go in one.

[xkjagnz]

That's stunning.

 

Are they as thunderously shit as their trucks were supposed to be last time I looked?

 

And I had no idea they were rear-engined.  Wow.

No idea but I posted some pics of the Hino Contessa 900 sport in the "cars you didn't know existed" thread and it's really nice!

[xkjagnz]